Authors' Note:

Razor: Hey! Sorry for the wait!

Nuse: Yea, exams were a pain.

Ninja: But School just ended this week on Wednesday, but we were spending the last few moments together.

Nuse: That's right, since school's over, we can't meet up everyday.

Razor: It makes it harder to write stories when we're apart, but it doesn't mean we'll stop

Ninja: All of our work is down virtually now, but that means we tend to overlook things in the plot.

Nuse: So yea, we're gonna make this short and sweet. Enjoy the chapter!

Razor: Yup! Enjoy! Have a nice Christmas everyone :D

CHAPTER 4: WHAT COMES DOWN, MUST COME UP

Astrid busied herself by taking care of the other Vikings. Fishlegs on the other hand decided he would do his part and try to help the dragons. Everyone was injured and no one was left unscathed from the apparent attack.

Ruffnut had had a deep gash on her bottom lip that went all the way down to her neck, near her throat, as well as a minor injury to her wrist. Tuffnut on the other hand was suffering a large gash that went over his left eye and across his nose and down to the edge of the right part of his lip, as well as slightly spraining his shoulder. Ironically, their injuries were almost similar. They had claimed they had cut it on the Zippleback's horns, but they weren't sure how they got the sprains. Despite the twin's current dilemma, they took this news better than Astrid had expected.

"Your wounds are not that bad, Tuffnut. Most likely it'll just stay a scar. Try not to touch them. You too, Ruffnut. " She told them.

"Cool, now I have warrior scars!" Tuffnut said cheerfully, pointing at the scar across his face.

"All it does is make you look uglier." responded Ruffnut with a sneer. "If anyone is going to have a warrior scars, it's going to be me. My wrist is probably so bad; I probably need a fake hand!"

"Oh, so you'll be like Gobber?" sneered Tuffnut. "I can imagine you as a fat old man giving lessons to teens about killing dragons…Wait, that didn't come out right."

Ruffnut glared at him and kicked him in the shin. Astrid mutter something intelligible and left the twins to argue. She checked on Snotlout next. He was holding his jaw and revealed a small white object in his hands. His tooth had fallen out and had a scrape on his nose.

"Man, how am I going to eat anything now?" Snotlout said as Astrid tried to wipe away the blood from his mouth using moss she had found growing on the ground. "Ew! Get that gross stuff away from me!"

"It's called moss." Astrid answered fiercely. "Like it or not, this moss can save your life."

Astrid took some moss and used it to wrap his nose, despite his complaints. He left him to wallow in his complaints with only Hookfang half listening. Astrid went to Fishlegs and Hiccup, whom she already treated before going to the twins and Snotlout.

Hiccup had nasty bruise on his cheek, which was apparent due to the black tint it gave to his skin. He had a slight black eye on his right eye, but nothing was too serious. He had also somehow slit his pinky, which Astrid managed to bandage with moss. Fishlegs on the other hand, had more scrapes and bruises than everyone combined. Almost every step he took he winced in pain. Astrid couldn't blame him for being big, but it would help if he didn't eat so much. Astrid herself was probably the least one injured next to Hiccup, only coming out with a gash on her arm and a cut on her lip.

"So what do we do now, Hiccup?" she asked Hiccup.

"Honestly, I have no solid plan. The best option is that we could fly up and check, but according to Fishlegs, all dragons failed their flying test, so that takes out that option."

"What do you mean?" she asked. She went over to Stormfly and touched her wings, but Stormfly just looked blankly at her in confusion. "They can't fly?"

"Well, if you must know." answered Fishlegs. "All of the dragon's wings seemed to be intact and fully functional with only minor injuries inflicted on them; however, when they started flying, they can't seem to lift off the ground. The best the dragons can do is only three feet, which was accomplished by Toothless, Stormfly, and Barf & Belch, but even so, only for three seconds each."

"Then what? If that plan won't work, then what can we do?" pressed Astrid. "If the adults come looking for us, they'll definitely overlook this island, especially since we're not on the beach anymore."

"I guess the best plan now is to stop moping and figure out exactly where we are." Hiccup stood up and beckoned Toothless closer to him. He clambered on Toothless' head and Toothless stood up on his hind legs, making Hiccup visible to everyone. Hiccup cupped his hands over his mouth and called out. "Everyone split up into groups and search the area. Stay close to your dragons. Call out if you see something."

"Since when were you the strong leader?" asked Astrid with a wry smile. Hiccup stared at her blankly. She gave him a friendly punch on the shoulder. "It's not like I have anything to do anyway."

Hiccup observed the surrounding to be extremely odd. There were spikes of rocks jutting out from the ground, but the ceiling was smooth and almost dirt-like. Occasionally, there were scratches of what looked like to be a creature's claw marks. Sometimes Hiccup could feel a pair of eyes boring into back of his neck. He would whirl around in panic, but would only find Toothless looking at him with a gentle comforting stare.

Disgruntled grunts were heard around him, possibly the other Vikings expressing the fact they can't find anything. He silently hoped to Odin that he would have mercy for them and show them a way out. Suddenly a sharp call pierced his ears and he heard somewhat distant shouting.

"Hiccup! Where are you?" the voice called out. Dim sparks from a dragon's mouth illuminated one side of the cavern, close to where Hiccup was, although the dancing sparks were too spaced apart to pinpoint where they originated from.

"We found something!" added a squeaky voice. "We need Toothless' light to help us see it better."

"Coming guys!"

Hiccup quickly mounted Toothless and the black dragon released a sonic sound which echoed through the caves. Toothless dashed towards the dancing sparks and Hiccup found Fishlegs and Astrid waiting for him. Suddenly a large blast of heat almost knocked Hiccup off his dragon. Astrid quickly hopped on Stormfly and Fishlegs squealed in terror and hid behind Meatlug, who stood protectively in front of him. Looking back Hiccup found two pairs of yellow eyes and eerie growling. Hiccup was held steady with the frightening eyes, but the sound of snickering and laughing calmed him down.

"Haha! Got you!" said one voice.

"We certainly got them!" added the other voice.

"Ruff, Tuff, that was not funny." Hiccup said sternly. "This is no time to be playing around."

"Oh come on, Barf and Belch is a Fear Class dragon, hello? Even we know that. They dig places like this, right guys?" said Tuffnut. Barf & Belch looked uncertainly at each other.

Hiccup heard Astrid scowling, and suddenly a flying object rushed over Hiccup's head and a loud clunk was heard. In the dark, Hiccup made out a crumpled figure on the floor.

"Ow." Tuffnut whimpered.

Ruffnut chortled in laughter, which echoed the caves eerily. Realizing her laugh was much creepier; she quieted down and looked nervously around. After a moment, she jumped down to check on Tuffnut, who was still huddling on the ground clutching his head.

"Where's Snotlout?" asked Fishlegs.

"Over here." The clicking of talons approached them and Snotlout appeared, riding on Hookfang. "Well hurry up and figure out where the exit is, Hiccup. I can't stand being in the dark any longer."

"Alright, I suppose." Hiccup said with a sigh. He hopped off his dragon. "Where is it Astrid?"

Astrid appeared suddenly next to him and dragged him to the cave wall and pointed to some scratch marks on the wall. "Right here."

"Toothless, light it up, will you?" A bright purple light illuminated the cavern with a warm glow and for the first time, Hiccup could see how miserable everyone looked. He put his figures over the scratch marks and stared at them for a while, only realizing then that it was words. Foot sliding on the ground meant Fishlegs was there to join them."

"It's a message!" exclaimed Astrid.

"What...comes down… must come up?" Hiccup looked questionably at Fishlegs.

"What a strange message." Commented Fishlegs.

"Maybe someone wrote it upside down." added Snotlout.

"Why in the world would someone do that?" asked Astrid disdainfully.

Hiccup stared hard nat the message. Suddenly , a clinking sound made him look up and the Whatchamacallit was on the ceiling. Out of the corner of his eye, he could make out the others staring at too. Suddenly the figure appeared upside down nearby the whatchamacallit.

"Wait I get it!" Hiccup shouted with fear embedded in his voice. "We're not on the cave floor!"

"We're on the ceiling!" shouted Astrid.

Suddenly the ground shifted under them and the gang screamed in terror as suddenly the ground shifted under them. Hiccup felt like the world had been turned upside down, literally.

Authors' Note:

Razor: PLOT TWISTER!

Nuse: You can say that again!

Razor: PLOT TWISTER!

Ninja: It's a figure of speech.

Razor: I know that I just like to do that.

Nuse: Wut.

Razor: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Until next time folks!

Ninja: Very rushed closing, trust me.

Next Chapter: Right side up? Or Right side down?